Beacon Alp Is
BLOOMINGTON · MN · Bloomington Public Schools · Public
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Kennedy High School → Beacon ALP → Choice Academy → BLOOMINGTON TRANSITION CENTER → Jefferson High School → Burnsville High School → ROSEMOUNT AREA LEARNING CENTER → Richfield College Experience Prg →📋 At a glance
- 📚 2 AP courses offered — Moderate
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 1 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 44% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 7% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Beacon Alp Is compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Kennedy High School, Beacon ALP, Choice Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 44% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 7% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,778/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy High School BLOOMINGTON |
Public | 0.0 | 1,578 | -1.4% |
| Beacon ALP BLOOMINGTON |
Public | 0.0 | 183 | +46.4% |
| Choice Academy BLOOMINGTON |
Public | 2.1 | 121 | +34.4% |
| BLOOMINGTON TRANSITION CENTER BLOOMINGTON |
Public | 2.1 | 80 | — |
| Jefferson High School BLOOMINGTON |
Public | 2.8 | 1,684 | +0.5% |
| Burnsville High School BURNSVILLE |
Public | 3.0 | 2,029 | -4.6% |
| ROSEMOUNT AREA LEARNING CENTER EAGAN |
Public | 3.0 | 133 | +9.0% |
| Richfield College Experience Prg RICHFIELD |
Public | 3.1 | 84 | +44.8% |